On Monday 27th January at 7pm we welcome Dr Martin Stern to the Chamber for the Holocaust Memorial Lecture.
Dr Martin Stern MBE was born in 1938 and lived in Holland. He survived camps at both Westerbork and Theresienstadt. His parents were German, but fled to the Netherlands in part because Nazi laws in Germany forbade his non-Jewish mother from marrying his Jewish father. When Martin was two years old, the Nazis invaded the Netherlands. His father could not continue his work as an architect and had to go into hiding. Martin’s mother died after giving birth to his sister and the non-Jewish couple who looked after him whilst his sister was born continued to do so for two years, pretending he was their son.
Martin and his sister Erica were both sent to Westerbork transit camp. Martin was five and Erica was one. On 8 May 1945, the Soviet army entered and liberated the camp, although it was some time before the prisoners could leave.
After returning home to the Netherlands, Martin was sent from family to family, before moving to stay with relatives in the UK. He learnt English and did well at school, going on to become a British citizen aged 16 before studying Medicine at Oxford University. Martin worked as a hospital doctor living with his family in Leicester for many years.
Today, he dedicates his time to sharing his story with groups across the UK, also teaching about other genocides and what it is about the human mind which makes such horrors possible. He often thinks about the other young children who were his friends in the camps, who did not survive.
Chapters:
00:00:00 – Stream Start/Guests Entering
00:06:12 – Introduction from Mark Rusling (Director of Learning at the National Holocaust Museum)
00:09:23 – Dr Martin Stern MBE discusses his experiences of the Holocaust
00:32:45 – Dr Martin Stern MBE in conversation with Jonathan Marrow (PhD Holocaust Memory & Education, Clare College)
00:47:00 – Dr Martin Stern MBE answers audience questions
01:09:45 – Conclusion
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4 Comments
No comments about a new HOLOCAUST happening NOW, with the previous victims becoming the culprits????
Just stop genociding the Palestinians!! No more excuses, philosophically, religiously, politically or whateverly!!!
It is hypocritical when we remember a tragedy like the holocaust so that generations remember the injustice and learn the values and principles that such memory provides when today we are assisting to a new holocaust in Palestine that is happening live under the nose of the international community. Again the same silence and the same hypocrisy from the main institutions. Remembering the holocaust it becomes meaningless if we don't act on its lessons.
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